On the Eve of War

In outer space.

Through a three-dimensional projection, Thanos watched as the Black Order overwhelmed the Asgardians on that planet.

However, rather than looking pleased, his expression grew solemn.

These were merely ordinary Asgardian Gods, yet each was roughly four or five times stronger than a Black Order warrior.

Before dying, every one of them could take down more than a dozen Black Order Warriors.

It seemed this war would be somewhat difficult.

After learning the general strength of the Asgardian Gods, he shut off the projection and continued cultivating while holding the Mind Stone.

After more than a year of cultivation, he had completely withstood the Mind Stone's backlash. He could now use the stone's power without any side effects.

It had to be said that, as a mutated Eternal Titan, the potential of his body was truly astonishing.

Aside from his relatively weak mental power, he had practically no other shortcomings.

This could be seen from the Avengers movies.

In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos was actually subdued by Mantis, and if Star-Lord hadn't punched him awake, there probably wouldn't have even been an Avengers: Endgame.

But now that he had the Mind Stone, his mental power was growing rapidly, and this weakness was gone as well.

Elsewhere, seeing how powerful the Asgardian Gods were, Ebony Maw personally entered the battle and began Carnage.

He was now far stronger than he had been in the movies.

With a simple gesture, he controlled the ground to split apart, instantly swallowing several resisting Asgardian warriors.

And with his involvement, all resistance on that planet was soon eliminated.

Whether Asgardians or Natives, anyone who resisted was killed without mercy.

After the slaughter ended, Ebony Maw began arranging for cosmic resource ships to come and gather materials.

Iron ore, copper ore, silver ore, and so on.

If they wanted to develop in the Milky Way long-term, they naturally could not transport every resource from their own Planet.

Using local materials could greatly reduce travel distance and consumption.

At the same time.

At the center of the Milky Way.

There was a miraculous continent here.

That was right, a continent, not a planet.

Because of the Asgardian Gods' extravagance and their desire to display their power.

They had directly flattened a planet, then used magic and advanced technology to create a level continent here.

It was called the Asgard Continent.

The Asgard Continent covered roughly two hundred million square kilometers. Aside from the largest city, Asgard City, there were also eight Satellite Cities.

These eight Satellite Cities represented the eight great races besides the Asgardian Gods, as well as Odin's achievement in ruling the Nine Realms.

At this moment, Odin was enjoying his usual pleasures in the divine hall.

A group of beautiful women surrounded him. Some peeled fruit for him, while others handed him wine.

In front of him, a group of dancers dressed in revealing clothes danced gracefully.

Whenever the mood struck him, Odin would grab someone beside him or one of the dancers and put on all sorts of performances.

Those around him considered this perfectly natural, and quite a few beautiful women even wanted to join in.

After all, being favored by Odin was something they could take pride in when they went out.

If they happened to become pregnant, they might even rise to the heavens in a single step.

Unfortunately, not just anyone could bear Odin's children.

And even if they did become pregnant, they had to survive first before they could rise to greatness.

After all, Odin's rightful queen, Queen Frigga, was no simple woman. She was a powerful witch.

At this moment, Odin could be said to have reached the pinnacle of life.

And he truly had reason to be proud.

Although the Asgardian Gods had originally been the dominant force in the Milky Way, they had not completely ruled it.

When he inherited power from his father, Asgard's influence had even been in steady decline.

Among them, humans, Dwarves, Dark Elves, and Frost Giants were all formidable enemies.

He had used schemes and deception to trick the Dwarves into forging weapons for them generation after generation.

Then he sealed away humanity's ancestors, drove out the Dark Elves, and conquered the Frost Giants.

From then on, he unified the Nine Realms and became the overlord of the Milky Way.

Although the Milky Way contained more than two hundred billion fixed stars, only a little over one hundred million were suitable for life to flourish, and even fewer could give rise to Intelligent Life.

Odin had never counted the exact number.

But planets without Intelligent Life, as well as weak planets, were not worth noticing at all. Every few years, they merely needed to go collect resources. Such planets had no ability to resist.

If they encountered a Planet showing signs of development, they would crush it immediately.

That was also why rebellions occurred so frequently.

Before Odin ruled the Milky Way, only nine forces in the entire galaxy had developed best and ventured into space.

That was why there was talk of ruling the Nine Realms.

Because unifying those nine forces was equivalent to unifying the Milky Way.

However, even Odin at the height of his life was not entirely without worries.

Loki, whom he had originally treated as a hostage, had somehow learned of his own origins and even seemed to be showing signs of betrayal.

So Odin could only use Thor's hand to cast him into a cosmic Wormhole, eliminating any future trouble.

But this also caused the long-peaceful Frost Giants to begin entertaining thoughts of rebellion.

Recently, Laufey seemed to have been making quite a few moves.

Just as Odin was considering whether to use the Bifrost to destroy the Frost Giants, an Asgardian warrior rushed in with a panicked expression.

"God King, the resource collection team has sent back intelligence."

Hearing this, Odin immediately came back to his senses.

However, he still looked lazily at his subordinate. As he ate fruit handed to him by a beautiful woman beside him, he asked, "What is it?"

He had ruled the Milky Way for over a thousand years. His long life of comfort had caused him to lose his vigilance.

So when he heard that something had happened, his first thought was that some Natives were rebelling again.

But he had Thor, so he was not worried in the slightest.

Speaking of this son, he could not help feeling helpless.

Thor's strength was decent, but unfortunately, he was not very bright. He had inherited none of Odin's intelligence.

Naturally, the warrior who had come to report did not know that the God King before him was lost in thought. He anxiously said, "Just now, Team Thirty-Seven went to Lingxi Planet to collect resources, but suddenly lost contact."

After hearing his subordinate's report, Odin said dismissively, "Some superpowered individuals probably appeared among those Natives again. Have Thor make a trip."

To him, as long as the intelligence had not come from Heimdall, it was a trivial matter, not worth interrupting his enjoyment.

Seeing this, the warrior nodded helplessly and prepared to withdraw.

But just then, a two-meter-tall Black man with cat-like eyes strode in.

He was Heimdall, guardian of the Bifrost and Odin's most important eye for watching the Milky Way.